The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1887-03-23

that / havsvssu Il Avn Into it. COZ
1Mus ~ =:ir requirement If 4 I.&-
payer" Whether il my last com
~m4nirati@u met these requirements,
| leave to the unbiased Judgment Of
5u-Sc who w.re carctal enough to
rote them, aud my nSwer II bis
asst communication q Taxpayer
aas covered a great 1ea! # space
II tie tr1cavor 10 show that | Was
m1kirs "political BIDS" on the II
hand ard refusing cn !he other, 10
credit Rev. l.. T. Busby with The
share Of praise due him for bis efforts
n securing the passage q the Aci
creating the Lecsville School District.
think the reader will agree with me
IN saving that Tie language used bl
a Taxpayer IN eXtollnS Mr..
Bnsbys efforts in educational matters
It Leesv;lle is ~eXtravagan: enough t
satisfy the cravings Of almost any
| iecree Of ambition for praise. lie
also takes special pains to exyIall
! that Rev. i. +. Busbv and his broth
or, D. Is. Busby, have right notions Of
! controversies, ana that, for good rea-
! s:ns, they w vt invite them, nOT
yer he drawn 40 them by others.
lie also exp'#in> mat political power
! should not '.- ~,td for private ad,
vantage, hu j. e showed where !
r VI such a charge; L
Eh'" % st 90 not boast ~ 49,
Datriotis,, .-."9 ,u&t / have
: ever dome IL =" tumble and imperfect
way. ! h~.:a leavored to SeGc2 ,ny
I lay and generation. have been III
The Sruoo! OF life fer fall fifty-eisht
Years, and during the whole Of that
CINE haze ueve: been taught tlat il
was proper or cOmmeudablo :ur a
person under q fictitious name or
otherwise to sing the song Of his Owl
or his k!ndred's praise. On tie cor
traTy, / have been taught that snch &
performance was exceedingly s;rk"n-
!ug aua disgusting to every refined
sentiment. "a Taxpayer" a?ra-
rently lives away ~ FROM L.eesv;!ie.
lie speaks Is If he WAS no blood re-
latiou of T.. +. and D.. +. Busbv. lie
speaks as if he was perfectly sure
that they not only have been hut are
now actually "~retraining from discus
Sions.' lie is equally sure that they
have been 'rev;led, - and reyilel not
again" "~Slandered, they m~ntnaIly
tarn away TO the. Interchangeable past
with It's snot!ess record telling of their
eN"rtiors III behalf Of their u~nfo:in.
'','e SjIow countrymen." ~ He
sees ''V~ standing, extending the
"'n" q 2t;I their rights aud
manhooa wer" ss~soua -,
suppose, without so!N>", l'5s'' as 1
! 3eu~aj:on from +. i. and" Or COM
v, ne speaks:
0at of the f~allness Of his rHtr~
jas. aad wise soul, he spreads rs
"frll, definite, conrteons, ncn-evaSiv"
lullaby cut ovcr the columns Of tAr
I Dl~rAr,a like the OVERLOOKING q the
Rivers jordan or Nile, TO enrich and
refresh tIo cansp Ct lis f:ica'@ OF
teeayiI!e
Il is indeed pleasant to know thai
friends at Il distance think O. as
There is such aNpsyer" has SAID that
| propose before examining his reply
% iuGicate its Snuyre. In doing This
I am not surrounded with the diff
entities ard uncertainties which at
tended Livingstone, Spoke, Stanley
and others who SQUAT the source OF
the mighty Nile. Ihaye reached the
source Of this wonderful Nile withou,
being devoured by q hungry croco-
die, Or torn by u ~ierocious beast of
.:e field. | car state, without doubt
u Gay Of Successful contradiction.
shat the correspondent who has
! drawn ne into the Dl>pArrH aud who
! Si9rs himSelf "a Taxpayer" is none
other than D. B. Busby himself.
lie Aas SING the song Of bis own
! n:.r$e, and that Of his brother.
III >ti:t il long. he SaM& il toah
THERE'S n]"Ili04 in il :" make him Ironl
Who rou.d think he world >'rop 50 low
A. +, raii 9i> brother dirty John Doe"
The central point Of his communi-
c,tjon IL TO extol aud praise himself
.uI BIS brother, l.. T.. BnShy. TO
nr.r him tell If, they are the GRANTS